The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1887-09-14
THE PENSION RECORD.
What the Democratic Administration
Has Done for the Veterans.

h"o DVhC lvI tuG SCtcTUubs
Now that certain blatherskites of
the Tuttle-Faischild stripe are seeking
to transform the Grand Army of the
Republic into Republican partisan
machine, by assaiiing President Cleve-
lands record for the purpose O" showing
that he is an enemy of the veteran
soldier. it becomes a patriotic dntv to
present the fact to the public so that
every veteran soldier may appreciate
the ineiiable scoundrelism of those who
would obscure the truth for the sake of
partisan ends. A official document has
been issued which will enable all who
want to know the truth to comprehend
at glance what Mr.. Cleveland's Ad-
has done for the Union
soldier in regard to pensions and
positions.
1t is stated that ian investigator with
a keen regard for figures has gone over
the statutes of the United Slater PEN
sion Bureau, and by actual count has
made up these statistics regarding the
Pension Office business, which shed
clear light on that part of President
Cleveland's Administration" These
figures, as to private pension acts, are
of n character to silence all advt rse
criticism. They force the conclusion
that Mr.. Cleveland has stood ready to
sign every meritorious claim for pen
sion. No veteran soldier can con.
template the record for a moment with
out realizing that in President Cleve-
land the brave, meritorious soldier has
conscientious, inflexible friend. The
records relating to private pension acts
and the employment of soldiers, are as
follows:
General Grant. from 1870 to 1878 in
elusive, period af eight years, approved
4S5 private pension acts; Hayes, from
1877 TO 1881, inclusive, a period of four
years, approved 1903 private pension acts;
Presidents Garfield and Arthur, from 1882
to 1885, inclusive, period of four years,
approved 736 pension acts; while Prcsi.
dent Cleveland. from 1886 to 1887, inclu.
sive, period of only two years, has ap-
proved s63 private pension acts.
This it Is more than Presidents Grant
and Hayes approved in twelve years,
and 12T more than Presidents Garfield
and Arthur approved in four years.
President Cleveland has, also, to begin
with. appointed more OK Union soldiers
to Office than any other President.
He approved the act of March 10, 1886.
which increased to Sl2 per month the
pension of 79,9S0 widows minors and
dependent relatives of Union soldiers
of the late war. He approved the act
of August 4, 1856, which increased the
pen'ion of lOG3O crippled and MANNED
Union soldiers of the 'ate war. He ap-
proved the act orJannary %, 1887. which
placed upon the pension rolls over 25,.
900 survivors and widows of the war
with Mexico.
We challenge the entire Republican
party to show the foregoing figures to
be Incorrect. There they stand
figures for the pcople--figurrs for the
veteran soldiers-fignrcs for the pres
ent and for all time.
But this is not ALL The work of the
Pension Bureau during the past two
eais. should be s:ndicd by the people
anil hy the Union soldier. Here they
are:
From July ], to June 80, 1887, inclu-
sive, 26S,690 pension certificates of all
classes were issued by the Bureau of
Pensions.
From July l, 1888. to June 80, 1885,
1e9,5l7 pension certificates of all classes
were issued-an increase of 139, ,lsO certi
ficates in favor of the first two years
under Democratic over the preceding two
years under Republican rule.
From July |, 1885 to June 80, 1887 there
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